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SEEING ALL THE STARS
ON this date in 1898 - Hannibal Williston Goodwin patented celluloid photographic film, which is used to make movies.
Bun Man and Mr. Purple, who helped Hannibal in his lab, would, yeas later, help Ray Davies pen the classic 'Celluloid Heroes'.
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Bun did the line "I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show, A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes, Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain And celluloid heroes never really die."
Yes, we never really die, we all get our prints on Hollywood Boulevard.
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